Re: [tor-talk] love! and a question
On 2015-07-31 10:48, John Loughlin wrote: Dearest Tor, Before I download you and start loving you, let's have a little *dtr. *I have one question: How do I know that sundry spies out there will *not*, while I'm downloading you/signing-up the first time, steal my log-in creds *on the spot *and follow me right into Tor land? Hi, I'm not sure I fully understand your question, but with Tor there is no sign-up process. You download the browser and use it just like you use your other browsers (after having read the warnings: https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en#warning ) Adversaries CAN steal your login credentials to other websites (social networks, email, etc.) if you type them into a website that does not use HTTPS encryption. This is true of all browsers, including Tor Browser. You can usually tell if your connection is HTTPS-protected because the address in the address bar begins with 'https://' rather than 'http://'. I hope that helps. This is a public mailing list for discussion about Tor's design, so if you have any other general questions about Tor please see if they are covered by the FAQ: https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en Thanks, The question probably reveals me for the non-techie ignoramus I am. But still...I have secretive (tho' *legal *and *ethical!*) things to do once I get there, and I want only the eyes I choose to see what I'm doing. Alms for the Ignoramus? *Locke* -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] love! and a question
In an attempt to try to help clean up tor-talk, partly because I've been to blame for getting this mailing-list off topic several times... John, if you have any general questions, you can email me directly and I will try to answer them as best I can. I think it's great you're interested how it works, and if you have specific questions about the implementation or design, then this mailing-list is the right place. Hopefully you're aware of the fact that some of your browsing habits will have to change in order to be as safe as possible. I do hope you heed the warnings in the link Harmony provided. (PGP, OTR, HTTPS, etc) Also, as mentioned pretty much everywhere, Tor is *not* the only thing you need to be stay protected. Depending on your needs, you may have a bit more to learn than the average Tor user simply looking to browse the web unimpeded by government censorship. Matt Speak Freely -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] love! and a question
Aha! Thank you, Matt. I'm sure there is more to learn. In essence, I want to be able to communicate off radar w a specific set of folks, but wo having to drag them into a darknet arena they may not be comfy with bc of religious convictions. Nothing nefarious, but needfully underground for their security. If I need more than Tor, mind sharing how i might go about securing? It wouldn't be anything more than text-type communication. On Jul 31, 2015 1:41 PM, Speak Freely when2plus2...@riseup.net wrote: In an attempt to try to help clean up tor-talk, partly because I've been to blame for getting this mailing-list off topic several times... John, if you have any general questions, you can email me directly and I will try to answer them as best I can. I think it's great you're interested how it works, and if you have specific questions about the implementation or design, then this mailing-list is the right place. Hopefully you're aware of the fact that some of your browsing habits will have to change in order to be as safe as possible. I do hope you heed the warnings in the link Harmony provided. (PGP, OTR, HTTPS, etc) Also, as mentioned pretty much everywhere, Tor is *not* the only thing you need to be stay protected. Depending on your needs, you may have a bit more to learn than the average Tor user simply looking to browse the web unimpeded by government censorship. Matt Speak Freely -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] love! and a question
John, Tor is just an encrypted browsing system so there's nothing to do to get in except download and use it. To be more protected you might have a look at Surveillance Self-defence https://ssd.eff.org/ at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. There are a number of things there to make using Tor, and your computer, more private. Robert -Original Message- From: johnallanlough...@gmail.com Dearest Tor, How do I know that sundry spies out there will *not*, while I'm downloading you/signing-up the first time, steal my log-in creds *on the spot *and -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
Re: [tor-talk] love! and a question
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 5:00 PM, John Loughlin johnallanlough...@gmail.com wrote: In essence, I want to be able to communicate off radar w a specific set of folks, but wo having to drag them into a darknet arena they may not be comfy with If I need more than Tor, mind sharing how i might go about securing? There are dedicated apps for private comms that only run over Tor and don't really themselves require exposure to or surfing around using random darknet sites/forums. TorChat is one of them: https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat Take a look through and browse for similar things here: https://wiki.torproject.org/ Some of these may or may not plug into Tor and require more knowledge to evaluate and use properly: https://prism-break.org/en/categories/windows/#instant-messaging There are other lists of possible apps and tools to use and related discussions that people post on this mailing list from time to time: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/ Welcome to Tor, have fun. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
